Shadowing Practice: how to save a half wasted day - Learn English Speaking with Video
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28 משפטים
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Even if you have cultivated the perfect morning routine, the day can still get ruined.
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I try my best to remove distractions and set myself up for success, but honestly, I still get distracted sometimes.
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And I think that's just inevitable because there are distractions everywhere.
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The problem is that once you start procrastinating, it's really hard to stop because after a while you start thinking, I already wasted a day,
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so I might as well just start again tomorrow.
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And I've done that many times.
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But what I've realized is that restarting tomorrow isn't always the answer.
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What actually helps is having a way to recover when things go wrong.
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For me, that starts with breaking the cycle.
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The first thing I do is accept that it happened.
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I got distracted and wasted some time.
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It's not ideal, but there's no point in spending even more time being frustrated about it.
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If my phone is the problem, I'll just put it somewhere else.
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Then I do something simple to reset.
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I don't try to immediately force myself into deep work.
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I just do something small that changes my state.
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Sometimes that's going for a walk, doing some pull -ups, or just moving my body for a few minutes.
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The goal isn't to suddenly become extremely productive, it's just to create some momentum, because once you do one good thing,
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doing the next becomes much easier.
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Something else that helps me is thinking of my day in three parts, morning, afternoon, and evening.
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This means that even if my morning was bad, I don't have to wait until tomorrow to restart.
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I naturally get another chance after lunch and another in the evening.
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I think taking a small break to move your body is one of the simplest ways to save always a day.
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There's actually research showing that movement can improve your mood and focus.
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But honestly, the biggest reason I believe in it is because I felt the difference myself.
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Whenever I feel stuck moving my body is usually the fastest way to get back on track
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because at the end of the day, you can't change what's already happened.
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You can only decide what to do next.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “how to save a half wasted day”. This video has 28 sentences and 370 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:48. The speaker talks fast, about 205 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| distraction noun | /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/ | Something that distracts. |
| distract verb | /dɪˈstɹækt/ | To divert the attention of. |
| restart verb | /ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt/ | To start again. |
| naturally adverb | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | In a natural manner. |
| ideal adjective | /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ | Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea. |
| mood noun | /muːd/ | A mental or emotional state, composure. |
| routine noun | /ɹuˈtin/ | A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure. |
| ruin noun | /ˈɹuː.ɪn/ | The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle. |
| recover verb | /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ | To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal). |
| productive adjective | /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ | Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. |
| inevitable adjective | /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/ | Impossible to avoid or prevent. |
| momentum noun | /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/ | Of a body in motion: the tendency of a body to maintain its inertial motion; the product of its mass and velocity, or the vector sum of the products of its… |
| reset verb | /ɹiːˈsɛt/ | To set back to the initial state. |
| cultivate verb | /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ | To grow plants, notably crops. |
| frustrate verb | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | have cultivated · I've done · I've realized |
| שם תואר מובהק (Superlatives) the -est / the most … — לציין את הגבוה או הנמוך ביותר בקבוצה | my best · the simplest · the biggest |
| הווה ממושך (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing — משהו שמתרחש כרגע או בסביבה הקרובה לזמן הזה | is having · is thinking |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I've, isn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, inevitable /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/, momentum /ˌmə(ʊ)ˈmɛntəm/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like distraction, distract, restart.
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